Daily roundup 6 April: Social media, Scottish homelessness and asthma

Around half of schoolchildren have seen sexual, violent and other adult material on social media sites, mobile phone applications or video games, according to an NSPCC survey. The findings, revealed as part of the latest update to the charity’s Net Aware guide, also found that nearly 80 per cent of children joined social media sites before reaching the specified minimum age.?


Almost 5,000 children in Scotland were homeless and living in temporary accommodation at the end of last year, a 13 per cent increase on the year before. The Independent reports that the figures, which were published by the Scottish government, have been labelled "simply unacceptable" by campaigners.


Asthma inhalers are being given out like “fashion accessories” with too many children being wrongly diagnosed with asthma, experts have warned. The Daily Mail reports health experts have said doctors are handing out inhalers when they are not required because they are "taking the slightest wheeze" to be a sign of the condition.


Young children are consuming too many calories and too much salt, and missing out on key vitamins, experts have warned. Wales Online reports that a high intake of protein and too many calories can cause obesity, while too much salt could put young children at risk of high blood pressure and strokes in later life.?


Council bosses have been accused of breaking a "promise" to use £2m saved from budget cuts to keep children's centres open. The Oxford Mail reports that campaign group Save Oxfordshire's Children's Centres said the money could end up funding "a service that no one wants", instead of preventing the planned closure of the county's 44 centres.